American ace Ricky relishing top role

Monarchs looking good for next term

balanced team we have so it’s up to all of us. Edinburgh feels like home now, it’s a good club with good people and I’ve felt that it was home right from my first year.

“The one downside is the travel but I’d rather travel a little bit further to go to a place I enjoy.”

Looking ahead to next season, which gets underway in March, Wells is hoping the new arrivals can get up and running early doors as the Monarchs look for silverware.

He said: “Obviously they dropped the points limit down which makes it hard for teambuilding and I’ve noticed that most teams have one eightpointish rider. It puts a lot more value on having good second strings and reserves.

“I think Cameron Heeps is an excellent signing, he will do well at Armadale and that should improve him away from home as well.

“I’ve watched Sedgy ( Justin Sedgmen) in Australia and anyone seeing him there would wonder why he isn’t an eight point rider in the Elite League.

“We all know he’s good at Armadale and I’m sure he would not be coming back unless he was going to give it a good crack. He should be wound up and ready.”